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The subject dictates 'how' I work, my paintings reflecting the different aspects of my engagement with the world.

My new series "Cargoes" references recent visits to Whitby, on the North Yorkshire coast;

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Book Titles: work originating from all things I'm reading/read.

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geology has always fascinated me. the anomaly of 'Cup and Ring' engravings triggered another series;

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the series Globalisation deals with what the environmentalist Norman Myers called "biodiversity hotspots" where basic life support systems are disintegrating;

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with Still Life, William Morris' maxim referring to 'beauty and use' was the catalyst to paint items from my own surroundings;

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Coincidences seems to be a continous theme running through my work, where quirky events are translated into floating images using text and colour.

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This website contains work from these series.

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JANICE KOK